....2% expansion that was eventually announced. Even if the second, third and fourth quarters live up to the IMF’s expectations, the weaker first quarter arithmetically feeds through into growth for 2017 as a whole of 1. ...
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....4% and concentrating on the underlying trend. The mood is best captured by the fact that the May-July period recorded the fourth quarterly fall in a row, the first time that has happened since November 2012. ...
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....4% and concentrating on the underlying trend. The mood is best captured by the fact that the May-July period recorded the fourth quarterly fall in a row, the first time that has happened since November 2012. ...

....2% expansion that was eventually announced. Even if the second, third and fourth quarters live up to the IMF’s expectations, the weaker first quarter arithmetically feeds through into growth for 2017 as a whole of 1. ...

....In addition to strengthening the banking sector, policymakers have also made progress toward standardising derivative markets and making them more robust and transparent, which also reduces the risk of future taxpayer bailouts for irresponsible institutions. Moreover, the system for payments and settlement has been made safer, thereby lowering the threat of a “sudden stop” in economic activity, like the one that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2008. ...

....BT’s service is getting worse, with the 19 average complaints lodged in the first quarter up on the 17 per 100,000 that made the company the most criticised pay-TV company in the last quarter of 2016. Ofcom’s report also found Vodafone was once again the most complained-about mobile company, clocking up 17 complaints per 100,000 subscribers, although this was down on the average of 24 the company received in the fourth quarter last year. ...

.... Analysts were worried, however, that the company’s recovery from its 2014 accounting scandal – which forced a major restructuring of the business – was losing momentum after like-for-like sales slowed to 0. 7% in the fourth quarter. ...

....“Of course, it takes time for rises in producer prices to feed through to prices in the shops, and as a result, we think that CPI inflation will rise a bit further in the second half of the year, peaking at about 3. 2% in the fourth quarter. ...

.... Real wages were currently still well below the norm, even at such low productivity levels. Another key factor in weak wage growth was the quality of employment, the S&P report said, noting official figures showing that in the fourth quarter of last year, around 900,000 jobs were based on zero-hour contracts. ...

....However, the estate agency cautioned that the fact house prices grew faster than incomes last year meant anyone going for a mortgage with a 15% deposit would have found it harder, not easier, to save for their down payment. The average length of time for a single first-time buyer to save a 15% deposit in the fourth quarter of 2016 was a whole year longer than in the fourth quarter of 2015. ...

....Confidence among consumers weakened in the first quarter, according to the latest Deloitte consumer tracker, which polled 3,000 people in mid-March. It dipped to -7% from -6% in the fourth quarter. ...

....In the standoff, the Greek economy has shown grave signs of slippage. This year was meant to be a year of recovery – instead, the uncertainty has prompted the central bank to revise its growth projection downwards following the economy’s contraction in the fourth quarter last year. ...

.... There are signs that households are borrowing, or saving less, to cover day-to-day costs. Recent figures showed the amount of money households have available to save as a percentage of disposable income fell sharply in the fourth quarter to 3. ...

....The electric car maker said that was a 70% rise on the same period of 2016. It is a rebound for the US company after production problems late last year resulted in a 9% fall in deliveries in the fourth quarter. ...

....The current account deficit reflects Britain’s trade gap with the rest of the world and the shortfall between money paid out by the UK and money coming in. In the fourth quarter of 2016 it more than halved to £12bn from £25. ...

....British households ran down their savings to a record low at the end of 2016, raising fears that the UK is on course for a fresh consumer debt crisis in the wake of the Brexit vote. The saving ratio – which estimates the amount of money households have available to save as a percentage of their total disposable income – fell sharply in the fourth quarter last year to 3. ...

....”. The company said trading had picked up since last summer with total revenues up 1% in the fourth quarter; digital advertising rose 2% in the first quarter this year, or 10% stripping out classified ad income. ...

....Chote noted that spending grew but incomes were flat in the final months of 2016, a pattern that implied a “sharp fall in household saving”. The OBR thinks that in the fourth quarter of last year the saving ratio – which estimates the amount of money households have available to save as a percentage of their total disposable income – turned negative for the first time since mid-2008. ...

....“The government is determined to build an economy that works for everyone and that is why Matthew Taylor was asked to lead a review of modern employment practices,” a spokesperson for the department of business, energy, and industrial strategy (BEIS) said, responding to Resolution’s analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. The ONS will publish its own report on zero-hours numbers in the fourth quarter of 2016 on 15 March. ...

....Capital Economics chief Australia economist Paul Dales said the economy was firmly "back on track". "The decent rebound in real GDP in the fourth quarter doesn't just dash any lingering fears that Australia was in a recession, but it also boosts hopes that the surge in commodity prices will trigger a rapid recovery," he said. ...

....Alan Clarke, economist at Scotiabank, said the economies of both countries had turned out a decent performance last year, and pointed out that UK growth of 0. 7% had outpaced Germany in the fourth quarter. ...

....Around 32,400 loans were handed out in 2016 - a 10 per cent fall compared with 2015 - the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said. Movers in the capital typically borrowed £335,400 in the fourth quarter of 2016 - representing nearly four times their income. ...

....The pressure on household finances bodes ill for the wider economy where consumer spending has been the main driver of relatively robust growth, helping the UK outperform all the other Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies last year. Figures today confirmed that the economy finished 2016 on a strong note, with the GDP growth rate for the fourth quarter nudged up to 0. ...

....The latest German growth figures are likely to foster rather than discourage such optimism among ministers in London. It was not that the expansion of the eurozone’s biggest economy in the fourth quarter of 2016 was slightly smaller than expected – 0. ...

....8bn since it floated on the stock market three years ago – at $26 a share – and the latest figures deal a blow to the company’s plan to turn a profit by the end of 2017. One figure that will give cause for concern among investors is a fall in advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, down to $638m from $641m in the same period of last year. ...

.... With landlords expected to scale back their portfolios in the next 12 months, tenants will have fewer properties to choose from, which is likely to push rents higher, the survey suggests. Rics said there was a lack of new listings coming on to the lettings market for the fourth quarter in a row and its members expect this to worsen. ...

....Increases to insurance premium tax, increased repair costs and the rising costs of whiplash claims all conspired to send the average comprehensive policy to £462 in the last quarter. The ABI’s motor premium tracker, which measures the prices consumers actually pay for their motor cover, showed that in the fourth quarter of 2016 policies rose by 4. ...

.... Promised infrastructure spending by the Trump administration and the repatriation of factories by some of the biggest companies in the US are also expected to give the economy a short-term rush of activity. House construction, which had been falling for two quarters, rebounded in the fourth quarter, rising at an annual rate of 10. ...

....It was supposed to be the moment of truth. Had the economy performed as George Osborne predicted it would in the fevered days before the referendum, late January 2017 would have been the moment when official data showed that output in the UK had contracted in both the third and fourth quarters of 2016 – the technical definition of a recession. ...

....Speculation that RBS might be considering taking a provision has been raised when analysts began to publish their forecasts for the bank’s 2016 financial year. Last week Bloomberg quoted research by analysts at Goldman Sachs as saying: “In light of recent US DoJ settlements with other banks, we see the possibility that RBS will book a significant provision as early as the fourth quarter. ...

....A number of US law firms specialising in shareholder class action suits immediately said they were looking at whether BT had violated federal laws. Following these problems, BT said it now expected a double-digit fall in fourth quarter earnings, adjusting for the recent £12. ...

.... The main driver of sales was Greggs’ “food on the go” range, with popular items including its Balanced Choice bakes, with fewer than 400 calories, along with hot food options such as burritos. The company said full-year results for 2016 would be better than expected following a positive fourth quarter, but warned of greater uncertainty in the year ahead as consumer budgets come under pressure and business costs rise. ...

.... . But Mr Rowe warned timing would be against them for the next trading update: "As we look forward, our Q4 [fourth quarter] reported numbers will be adversely affected by sale timing and a later Easter. ...

.... “As the most recognised residential brand in London, we are uniquely positioned to manage through the market uncertainties and take advantage of any change in conditions,” he added. The company’s lettings business performed better than sales in the fourth quarter, with revenue unchanged at about £13m as the number of new tenants fell but existing tenants renewed their contracts. ...

....And the survey, among the largest of its kind with more than 7,200 respondents, detected concerns among business leaders that rising import prices would slow growth this year. The BCC said businesses turned a corner in the fourth quarter after a fall in confidence in the previous three months. ...

....4% on the year. As a result, manufacturing will need to post an impressive performance in both November and December if it is to contribute to the ONS’s measure of growth for the fourth quarter of 2016. ...

.... For the first year since 2008, annual house price growth in the capital was lower than the UK average,” said Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist. London remained the most expensive place to buy a home in 2016, with an average price in the fourth quarter of £473,073. ...